Box-fastener.



N6. 763,430, PATIENTED JUNE 28, 1904.

D. A. SGHNABEL.

BOX FASTBNER. APPLIOA'IIOH nun A06. 2a, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 28, 1904.,

DANIEL A. SOHNABEL, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

BOX-FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 763,430,dated June 28, 1904.

Application filed August 25, 1903. Serial No. 170,672. (No model.)

To 0Z7, Iii/I107)? it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DANIEL A. SCHNABEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Box-CoverFasteners, of which the following is a specification.

Hy invention relates to improvements in fastening devices forreceptacle-covers, its object being particularly to provide fasteningmeans for covers of such receptacles as breadholding boxes of suchcharacter that the cover will stay connected with the box in open andclosed position, but which will allow the cover when in open position tobe carried away from the box to permit free access thereto and whichwill securely lock the cover when in closed position.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction andcombination hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a perspective view of a bread-holding box fitted with myimprovements. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views of a portion of one end ofthe box embodying my improvements, and Fig. 4 is a section on line in mof Fig. 2.

In the drawings, A represents a bread-holding box, and B a removablecover therefor.

The cover is secured to the box at each end bya rope or cable 2, securedto the end of the cover and passing loosely through an opening 3 in theadjacent end of the box, the lower end of the rope being formed with aknot 11 to prevent the rope end being drawn through the opening 3. Inorder to lock each end of the cover in closed position, I provide aclamping device for the rope, consisting of a ring 4, through which therope passes, the ring being formed with a shank 5, passing slidablythrough a plate 6, set in the end of the box, the end of said shankprojecting beyond the outer surface of the box end. Pivoted to the outerend of the shank 5 by a pivot 7 is a locking-lever 8. The pivot 7 iseccentrically positioned in the end 9 of the locking-lever, so that saidend serves as a cam when the lever is turned to the position shown inFigs. 2 and I to grip the rope. In order to prevent accidental turningof the locking-levers, the free end of each lever is laterally bent, soas to project into a recess 10 in the adjacent end wall of the box whenin looking position, as shown in Fig. 2.

As shown in Fig. 1, when the box-cover is secured in closed position therope will hang outside the ends of the box and be clamped by thelocking-levers 7. By turning the locking-levers to the position shown inFig. 3the ropes will be released, and the cover may be moved to one sideof the box, while at the same time being held connected to the box bythe ropes. Loss of the cover is thus prevented.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a box and a removable cover therefor, of cablesconnected with said cover and slidably and non-removably connected withsaid box, and lockingclamps for said cables carried by said box.

2. The combination with a box and removable cover therefor, of a cableconnected with the end of said cover and slidably and nonremovablyconnected with the adjacent end of the box, a clamp engaging with saidcable, and means for tightening said clamp upon said cable.

3. The combination with a box and a re,

movable cover therefor, of a cable connected with the end of said coverand slidable through a clamp carried by the adjacent end of the box, anda cam for tightening said clamp upon said cable.

4.. The combination with a box and removable cover therefor, of a ropeconnected with the end of said cover and slidable through the adjacentend of the box, a ring receiving said rope, said ring being formed witha shank slidable through the end of the box, and a locking-lever havingan inner cam end pivotally connected with the outer end of said shank,as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL A. SCHNABEL.

Witnesses:

H. S. JoIINsoN, EMILY F. (has.

